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Fig, 3 — Is a style of decoration especially suited to 

 Harvest-tide. The long sprays are those of the 

 Common Bramble or Blackberry. They must be well 

 buried from top to bottom where they spring from, in 

 damp moss, or placed in the aforesaid invisible tubes ; 

 as, in spite of their extreme grace and beauty, they are 

 liable soon to fade. 



Plate XIII. — Represents the front of a gallery — an 

 evil, a piece of pure ugliness, which, since it often 

 exists, must be made the best .of 



The explanations of Panelling already given will 

 sufficiently explain this ; further than that the large 

 letters, cut out with extreme care as to the outline, in 

 white cotton wool, without any other ornamentation 

 upon them, are specially recommended. 



The Cross in the centre must have a strong but 

 perfectly plain wooden foundation, on which the more 

 ornamented outline, cut out in roofing, may be nailed : 

 and care must be taken to preserve the proportion of 

 this Cross, as drawn, with regard to the gallery; for, 



